Course Calendar Notes: * This schedule is tentative and subject to change. * Chapter and section numbers refer to 7th edition of textbook. * Earlier editions are numbered differently. Check topic headings. class # day topic(s) chapter.section 1 Thu, Aug 25 Course Introduction 2 Mon, Aug 29 Scale of the Universe 1.1 3 Wed, Aug 31 History of the Universe 1.2 Spaceship Earth 1.3 4 Thu, Sep 1 Patterns in the Night Sky 2.1 5 Wed, Sep 7 Celestial Coordinates and Motion in the Sky S1.2 6 Thu, Sep 8 Reason for Seasons 2.2 7 Mon, Sep 12 The Moon, Our Constant Companion 2.3 8 Wed, Sep 14 Astronomical Time Periods S1.1 9 Thu, Sep 15 Ancient Mystery of the Planets 2.4 Ancient Greek Science 3.2 10 Mon, Sep 19 Copernican Revolution 3.3 11 Wed, Sep 21 Describing Motion: Examples from Daily Life 4.1 12 Thu, Sep 22 exam #1 chs. 1,2,3,S1 13 Mon, Sep 26 Newton's Laws of Motion 4.2 14 Wed, Sep 28 Conservation Laws i